Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-07-27
EpOM WASHINGTON.
Special Correspondence of tho Alexs. GAzETTEl
WASHINGTON. d. c., July q, 1887.

Lynchburg wants President Cleveland to
attend her fair, and delegation of leading
citizens from that city, now here, says he
must do SO. Senator Daniel, Editor Nc
Donald, Councimen Matthews, Peter J.
Otey, l.. F. Shaner and Daniel Collens are
the committee of invitation who to-day went
on their important mission to the White
House. They say that the Presidents route
of travel returning from Atlanta will he
throu?h their city, and that with scarcely
anv inconvenience he can lend his presence
to their fair and materially assist in making
it marked success. As usual, there are
some political as well rs other consldera'
tiops in sight and that being the case, Sena-
tor Daniel, of ali the public men hereabouts,
is as little likely TO get left'' or to fail OF Sc
curing the points aimed at by himself
and friends Daniels prompt attention TO
business Of almost every kind, his shrewd-
ness in the management of all his matters.
and consequent growing usefulness and
popularity, both as Senator and man,
are daily more and more apparent TO MS Cd
servers a. the capital. Accompanying the
Senator on bis present trip, and apparently
The most ardent ofthe party, Is young man
whose political consequence just now is that
he is not rather than that he is member OF
the democratic organization. Councilman
Matthews IL q knight of labor. and was
elected by the labor party OF Lynchburg to
his present position. He is PROPOSES.
ine in manners anG has decided
Intelligence, energy, aud respectability
He may 90 10 the Legislature as a demo
cratic knight Of labor from his city indeed,
the situation may prove TO be such that The
democrats will adopt him as their candidate
and lber6by save themselves from worse
fate. Matthews believes that the visit OF
the President might be Of much political
beualit to the democrats. There would be
an ipiux Of Southwestern people to see him
and some enthusiasm probably spring up in
that cold region as the result. 1t is Just
now very torpid 10 the common democratic
touch, says Matthews, and should by some
means be aroused to a new friendship for
the once honored old party. He says the
democrats are more liable to lose than to
Gain in that section But as they can stand
- pretty heavy loss there and yet carry the
Legislature, the situation is not, in fact, so
dangerous to to them as is generally sup
posed.
The preliminary report of the Commits
sioner of Internal Revenue for the last fiscal
wear shows that the receipts from Virginia
Tor that year amounted to 80 500, 1856, which
is 81, 757, 1913 more than those from all the
New England States combined, except Mas
sachusetts.
A large delegation from Kansas City, Mo-,
called upon the President to-day, and pre-
scented to him an invitation, signed by
twenty.oue thousand citizens, to extend his
proposed visit to ST. Louis next fall to their
city. The invitation was bound in mag.
niiiceut seal skin covered volume, on one
Of the sides of which was silver setting
with an appropriate inscription. 1t WAS
presented by the Mayor of Kansas city in
BETTING terms. The President received it
and the delegation graciously, and said he
would visit Kansas City with pleasure next
October. A delegation will soon be here
from Chicago to invite the President to take
in their city also in his next falls Western
trip.
4 gentleman just here to-day from Pdna-
ms says he has thoroughly inspected The
Panama canal now in progress OF construc-
lion along its entire route. He says there
has been great and utterly unnecessary
waste in the expenditure OF material for the
canal; that the contractors and engineers
have prolited greatly, and that probably
not more than one-tbird of the two hundred
million dollars expended has been spent on
the work. lie says that while the whole
route of the canal has been skimmed, the
American Dredging Company, who are
operating on tho Colon, or Aspinwall, side,
have done more work than all the other
contractors He says the company's hospi-
tails, near Panama, are es complete as can
be found anywhere. The proposed route of
the canal runs almost parallel with the
Panama railroad, which crosses it several
times, and since the canal work commenced
the number of stations on the forty.eight
miles of that road has increased from live
TO twontyseven.
In talking about the recent flag business,
an officer of the 18th Virginia Infantry, G.
:. a the Alexandria regiment, here to-day,
said the flag Of his regiment was never cap
tured, as the color sergeant, Ira Devers,
tore it from its staff at AppomattoX, and by
concealiug it under his shirt, brought it
safety back to Alexandria, where he gave it
to Col. Herbert, the commander of that
regiment, who still retains it and regards it
as one CT his most priced possessions.
AS it has been decided that the employees
in the Government printing office are emit
tied TO g day and quarters holiday every
month, with pay for same, no matter how
many or now lew WOutns Tue eiDflloSee may
have been nj work, and as there 10 no APP
preparation for that purpose, the public prin-
ter is somewhat bothered about paying the
sum required aad retaining the present
NUMBER OF hands.
From q statement Just prepared by Mr..
Harry Smith, Journal clerk of the House, it
appears that extra sessions OF that body do
not cost more than $4,000 month, and
usually shorten the succeeding regular $685.
sion
ExCongressman John S. Barbour chair
man OF The State committee of the demo-
cratic party of Virginia, is husily engaged
to day in trying to Induce the Richmond
and Danviile system of railroads in
Virginia TO carry delegates to the Virginia
democratic convention to be held at Roa-
noke next week. at reduced rates.
A gentleman who arrived here from Pc
ters6urg, Va, to-day, says that at one ofthe
ward meetings held there last night TO APP
point delegates to the State democratic cor
resolution was adopted favoring
: ba s,oytIop,ant of tho State debt at once I'D.